Mar 17, 2010

Brownies are one of my all time favorite dessert,You can be so creative with this sweet treat,Let it be chocolate fudge brownies, peanut butter brownies, cheesecake brownies,The list goes on and on,But the best of all, freshly baked brownies with a dollop of vanilla ice cream on top of it,Ahhh I'm drooling just by thinking of it....

For the batter, Chop the dark chocolate into smaller pieces, Have a double broiler ready, Melt 150 grams of dark chocolate and 1 cup of butter, remove from heat.

When the mixture cools down, beat in one egg at the time until all four eggs are fully incorporated with the melted chocolate.

Have a big bowl ready, sift in flour and mix well with brown sugar,Add the white chocolate chips and give it a quick stir,The flour will prevent the chocolate chips from sinking to the bottom during baking process.

Now slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in 3 batches,Transfer to the baking pan, into the oven for 30 to 32 minutes.You can test it by sticking a toothpick in the center, If it comes out clean, that means the brownies are ready to go.

After the brownies are done, let it cool for at least 10 minutes.Meanwhile let's make the decorative ganache.Use a double broiler and melt 60 grams of dark chocolate with 1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream,This will be the dark sauce.Again, use a double broiler and melt 60 grams of white chocolate with 1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream,This will be the white sauce.

Now pour the dark sauce and let it spread evenly over the brownies, Drizzle the white sauce cross-wise on the dark sauce,It'll look like this " IIIIIII " (pardon my drawing ability..)So basically you'll have white lines covering the brownies.Take a toothpick and draw a line perpendicularly with the white markings, about 1.5 inches spacing.It'll turn out like this " +++++++ "Hopefully my decorating description didn't make your head spin.. If that's the case, your brownies will turn out like this -

Into the fridge for at least one hour or till the ganache toppings are set,Dip the cutting knife into hot water, dry the blade with a towel,It'll prevent the knife from sticking to the brownies. Cut around the baking pan,Dip the knife in hot water again before you are ready for another cut,Now run the knife through the brownies into desirable serving sizes.